infexxionPokemon DS Sells a Million
Sure, laugh at me for getting up at 5AM on a Sunday morning to purchase two different copies of a game marketed mainly to children. I'm obviously not alone, as Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have become the fastest selling U.S. Pokemon games ever, with a million copies sold within five days of release.
I'd say the high sales compared to past versions have a lot to do with the popularity of the DS. With more systems in the hands of gamers old and new, Nintendo's flagship handheld series is doing better than ever, and I don't look half as silly reading through the strategy guide during my lunch hour, trying to remember what Psychic pokemon are weak against.
Bug, ghost, and dark, by the way. None of which I have in my party. Dammit. Michael Fahey
(edit) Please excuse the weird phantom, unfinished post earlier. Time machine mishap of some sort I am sure.
Nintendo News: Pokemon Hotter Than Ever
One of the video game industry's most celebrated franchises is officially hotter than ever. Within just five days of availability, more than 1 million copies of Pokemon(R) Diamond and Pokemon Pearl for the portable Nintendo DS(TM) have sold in the United States since Sunday's launch; a faster rate than any previous Pokemon games since the franchise's U.S. introduction, almost a decade ago. To date, more than 155 million copies of Pokemon games have sold worldwide.
Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl are poised to become two of the top-selling games of 2007 in the United States. More than one half million people pre-ordered the games before launch. Additionally, thousands of people attended the kickoff launch event in New York, and demand for the games continues to be off the charts. These latest versions of Pokemon games were introduced in Japan on Sept. 28, 2006, and have already been purchased by more than 5 million video gamers there.
The two games include a number of features that make them particularly attractive to gamers, including:
I'd say the high sales compared to past versions have a lot to do with the popularity of the DS. With more systems in the hands of gamers old and new, Nintendo's flagship handheld series is doing better than ever, and I don't look half as silly reading through the strategy guide during my lunch hour, trying to remember what Psychic pokemon are weak against.
Bug, ghost, and dark, by the way. None of which I have in my party. Dammit. Michael Fahey
(edit) Please excuse the weird phantom, unfinished post earlier. Time machine mishap of some sort I am sure.
Nintendo News: Pokemon Hotter Than Ever
One of the video game industry's most celebrated franchises is officially hotter than ever. Within just five days of availability, more than 1 million copies of Pokemon(R) Diamond and Pokemon Pearl for the portable Nintendo DS(TM) have sold in the United States since Sunday's launch; a faster rate than any previous Pokemon games since the franchise's U.S. introduction, almost a decade ago. To date, more than 155 million copies of Pokemon games have sold worldwide.
Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl are poised to become two of the top-selling games of 2007 in the United States. More than one half million people pre-ordered the games before launch. Additionally, thousands of people attended the kickoff launch event in New York, and demand for the games continues to be off the charts. These latest versions of Pokemon games were introduced in Japan on Sept. 28, 2006, and have already been purchased by more than 5 million video gamers there.
The two games include a number of features that make them particularly attractive to gamers, including:
